Department: Fire Marshal
Department Head/Elected Official: Laurie L. Christensen, Fire Marshal
Regular or Supplemental RCA: Regular RCA
Type of Request: Policy
Project ID (if applicable): N/A
Vendor/Entity Legal Name (if applicable): N/A
MWDBE Contracted Goal (if applicable): N/A
MWDBE Current Participation (if applicable): N/A
Justification for 0% MWDBE Participation Goal: N/A - Goal not applicable to request
Request Summary (Agenda Caption):
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Request for approval of a letter of approval, pursuant to section 773.0573(b) of the Texas Health & Safety Code, so that Healthlift Medical Transportation, Inc. may apply to the State of Texas to provide non-critical, non-911-emergency medical services in Harris County.
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Background and Discussion:
Healthlift Medical Transportation currently provides non-emergency wheelchair transportation in Harris County. Healthlift provides regular and bariatric wheelchair transportation for clients needing transport to doctor's appointments, hospital discharges, hospice and long-distance transportation. It seeks to provide EMS transportation services to patients in non-critical, non-911 circumstances in Pearland and surrounding areas in Harris County. It seeks a letter of approval, as required by section 773.0573(b) of the Health & Safety Code, in order to apply to the Texas Department of State Health Services for a license to operate in Harris County.
The firm's medical director is Varun Kumar (License # R1806).
Texas Health & Safety Code section 773.0575(b) permits a Commissioners Court to issue a letter of approval to an EMS applicant upon determining that adding another licensed EMS provider in the County:
(1) will not interfere with or adversely affect the provision of emergency medical services by other licensed EMS providers;
(2) will remedy an existing provider shortage that cannot be resolved through the use of licensed EMS providers already operating in the county; and
(3) will not cause an oversuppl...
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